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Hi , Have downloaded a feed from a news site and trying to show only the first paragraph for each story. At present, the output to email looks like this: "http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10568455&ref=rss" Man arrested after pointing fake gun at police (A 59-year-old man has been arrested after pointing an imitation gun …

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Hi, Playing with a script I did a while ago that sends emails alerts when rss feeds are updated to make it more readable, and have struck a problem. At present the email it sends is formatted as follows: "http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2344448/Group-charges-in-to-reduce-bag-use" Group charges in to reduce bag use (Pressure from environmentalists …

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Hi, Have written a script that downloads rss feeds, compares the latest download with the one before using md5, and if they're different sends an email with the updated headlines. However, have noticed the email update is sent even for a change as minor as the insertion of a comma. …

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Hi all, I'm an absolute beginner at Python and programming in general (my experience is measured in days, not weeks or months!). Been toying with the idea of learning Python for quite a while and a need arose for something to notify me of rss feed updates at work; out …

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Hi, Making good progress with a script that collects rss feeds from a news website and emails headlines but wondering whether I can alter what I have to email only the new headlines. My idea is that the new headlines would be compared with the previous ones using something like …

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Hi, Have adapted some code I found on the net to get a rss feed from a news site. I would like to email the output of this script using smtplib - after a couple of frustrating hours I have got that working as a separate element with my gmail …

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